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Start Over Media Type Pamphlets ✖ Subject (Geographic) Charleston (S.C.) ✖ Date Range (beta) 1800 to 1824 ✖

1. Religion Profitable: With a Special Reference to the Case of Servants. A Sermon, Preached on September 22, 1822, in the Circular Church, Charleston, S.C. By Benjamin M. Palmer.

Religion Profitable: With a Special Reference to the Case of Servants. A Sermon, Preached on September 22, 1822, in the Circular Church, Charleston, S.C. By Benjamin M. Palmer.

Date:: 1822
Description:: A sermon delivered by Reverend Benjamin M. Palmer in the Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on September 22, 1822. The speech stresses obedience for enslaved people, often quoting the New Testament and Old Testament. References to the sermon on the mount and other teachings of Jesus. Stresses the role of paternalism in the treatment of enslaved peoples.